Germany’s foreign intelligence service violated the constitution by spying on internet data from foreigners abroad, the nation’s top court ruled Tuesday in a victory for overseas journalists who brought the case.
Read moreIn what may mark a significant deepening of European integration, Germany and France agreed to bail out businesses and regions hit hard by the pandemic by setting up a $547 billion European Union-backed recovery fund to help stabilize Europe’s economy and keep the bloc from falling into dangerous discord.
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday there is “hard evidence” of Russian involvement in a cyberattack on
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The blazing orange letters of fire spelled out a familiar message in Italy’s South Tyrol province, an old call to resistance repurposed for the days of the coronavirus: “Los von Rom” and “Freiheit,” German for “Away from Rome” and “Freedom.”
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France, the United Kingdom and Russia became the latest European countries to ease restrictions on Monday and allow citizens more freedoms, but concerns are growing that the stage is being set for a spike in new infections as people go back to work, see friends again and return to everyday activities.
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In an unprecedented move, the European Union’s highest court hit back against Germany’s top court on Friday after the national judges contradicted one of its rulings
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Germany’s defense ministry and Federal Intelligence Service (BND) have privately cast doubt on U.S. claims that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Chinese lab, media reported Friday.
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n eastern Germany, today’s verdant pastures were killing fields 75 years ago as the Soviet Red Army pushed toward the Nazi capital in the final weeks of World War II.
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Two former Syrian intelligence officers went on trial in Germany on Thursday accused of crimes against humanity in the first court case worldwide over state-sponsored torture by Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
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Germany has authorized its first clinical test of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country’s regulatory body said Wednesday, greenlighting trials on human volunteers for an RNA vaccine developed by German firm Biontech and U.S. giant Pfizer.
Read moreBavaria on Tuesday canceled the iconic Oktoberfest for the first time since World War II, dealing a fresh blow to Germany’s beer industry already hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Six years ago Wassim Mukdad fled Syria, demoralized and fearing for his life as the country spiraled ever deeper into all-out war.
Read moreGerman police have arrested five Tajik nationals on suspicion they belonged to an Islamic State terror cell planning attacks on U.S. forces stationed in Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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From swastikas sprayed on the walls to Hitler salute selfies, far-right provocations are a growing problem at the sites of former Nazi concentration camps in Germany.
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The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Thursday halted emergency payments meant to help freelancers and small businesses through the coronavirus crisis after discovering fraudsters were using bogus websites to trick applicants.
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The German economy, Europe’s largest, is expected to shrink by nearly 10% in the second quarter as the coronavirus paralyses the country, leading research institutes warned Wednesday.
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Germans risk being fined up to $540 for standing too close to each other as of Friday, as officials crack down on people flouting rules brought in to control coronavirus.
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Late last year — long before most people had heard of the new coronavirus now sweeping the globe — scientists in Germany sprang into action to develop a test for the virus that was causing an unusual respiratory disease in central China.
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Merely referring to a national law in a contract is not enough to make a consumer credit agreement clear, Europe’s top court held Thursday.
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German police on Thursday raided sites across the country linked to a far-right group banned by the interior ministry, weeks after an extremist gunman shot dead nine people of immigrant backgrounds.
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